Utilizing the rich symbolic imagery of the alchemical process and the concreteness of case material, Schwartz-Salant provides an in-depth examination of crucial elements in analytic dynamics. Schizoid phenomena are related to the so-called Albedo and Rubedo phases illustrated by the Rosarium Philosophorum, and ways in which an interactive field assists the reintegration of split-off aspects of the psyche are discussed through an examination of the Splendor Solis.

Nathan Schwartz-Salant, PhD is a Jungian analyst and author of Narcissism and Character Transformation and The Borderline Personality: Vision and Healing. He was also co-editor with Murray Stein of the Chiron Clinical Series.